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Available profiles
·
Allow all
- a
Firewall
system profile that has been pre-set by the
manufacturer and is always present. When this profile is activated, all network
communication is allowed and no safety policy rules are applied, as if the
Firewall
protection was switched off
(i.e. all applications are allowed but
packets are still being checked - to completely disable any filtering you need
to disable Firewall)
. This system profile cannot be duplicated, deleted, and its
settings cannot be modified.
·
Block all
- a
Firewall
system profile that has been pre-set by the
manufacturer and is always present. When this profile is activated, all network
communication is blocked, and the computer is neither accessible from outer
networks, nor can communicate outside. This system profile cannot be
duplicated, deleted, and its settings cannot be modified.
·
Custom profiles
:
o
Directly connected to the Internet
– suitable for common desktop
home computers connected directly to the Internet or notebooks
connecting to the Internet outside the safe company network. Select
this option if you connecting from home, or you are in a small company
network with no central control. Also, select this option when traveling
and connecting with your notebook from various unknown and possibly
dangerous places (
internet café, hotel room etc.
). More restrictive rules
will be created, as it is assumed that these computers have no additional
protection and therefore require the maximum protection.
o
Computer in domain
– suitable for computers in a local network, e.g.
school or corporate network. It is assumed that the network is protected
by some additional measures so that the security level can be lower than
for a standalone computer.
o
Small home or office network
– suitable for computers in a small
network, e.g. at home or in a small business, typically only several
computers connected together, without a "central" administrator.
Profile switching
The profile switching feature allows the
Firewall
to switch automatically to the
defined profile when using a certain network adapter, or when connected to a certain
type of network. If no profile has been assigned to a network area yet, then upon
next connection to that area, the
Firewall
will display a dialog asking you to assign a
profile.
You can assign profiles to all local network interfaces or areas and specify further
settings in the
Areas and Adapters Profiles
dialog, where you can also disable the
feature if you do not wish to use it (
then, for any kind of connection, the default
